NEWSLETTER FROM ROSEDALE VALLEY DANCE
A Message From Miss Arlene - 2025
A MESSAGE FROM MISS ARLENE – FALL 2025
Dear Parents, Students and Friends:
Welcome to the beginning of an exciting new year and our 30th year operating here in Lacombe!!! Classes begin Monday, September 15, 2025. We will dance until mid-December, then will break for Christmas, after our Christmas recital, which is Monday December 15, 2025. Classes will resume January 5, 2026. Our year-end Recital is on May 22, 2026. Stage Rehearsal for year-end recital is on Thursday May 14.
An up-to-date calendar showing important dates and events will be posted on the bulletin board in the studio.
REGISTRATION FEES: THE REGISTRATION FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT AND RETURNED WITH THE REGISTRATION FEE BY THE FIRST CLASS ($35 PER CHILD WHICH INCLUDES VIDEO LINK FOR YEAR-END RECITAL). ADDITIONAL DANCERS IN THE SAME FAMILY PAY REGISTRATION FEE OF $15. YOU MAY ADD THE COST OF REGISTRATION TO YOUR FIRST PAYMENT FOR CLASSFEES.
CLASS FEES – For payment information, please see the fee schedule posted on the website. Please note that we offer a 10% discount for full payment before September 30, 2025. We also offer a discount for multiple classes. This means that if one child is taking two classes, the cost for the second class is reduced. This also applies to families with more than one child taking classes. This means that the cost for the second child’s class is reduced. The cost for one class per week is $52 (inc.GST) per month. Fees for lessons are due in advance (ie the 1 st of the month) and the preferred method of payment is by ETransfer to the studio at rosedalevalleydance@gmail.com
You may also pay by cheque payable to ROSEDALE VALLEY SCHOOL OF DANCE. or with cash (as long as cash is in the exact amount and sealed in an envelope with details on the outside).
COSTUMES: A costume deposit of $60 is required for each dance that your child is in. These costumes are for the year-end recital. (We try to reuse previous costumes for the Christmas Recital or we purchase accessories from the Dollar Store to pair with things dancers already have at home.) PLEASE NOTE THAT COSTUME FEES ARE PAYABLE AT TIME OF REGISTRATION. THIS YEAR PLEASE PAY COSTUME FEES TO THE STUDIO BUT PLEASE PAY THEM SEPARATELY (NOT WITH CLASS FEES OR ANY OTHER EXTRAS) - AS THE ACCOUNTING IS DONE DIFFERENTLY. The costume materials are purchased by the teachers with the money collected from costume fees paid. You have paid for the costume and so it will be yours to keep! Please note that we try very hard to keep to this to a reasonable budget, which is not easy! If, despite our best efforts, the costume ends up going over budget, you will be billed for the extra. Last year we noticed a significant increase in the cost of costumes and shipping.
DANCE ATTIRE: Dance is a discipline. All students are expected to dress and conduct themselves appropriately. Please become familiar with what our students are required to wear while attending class. See Dress Policy – on the website. Hair must always be pulled back and out of the eyes. If you need to purchase new shoes, tights or other dancewear, we recommend June’s Fantasy Costumes in Red Deer. (Behind Great Canadian Wholesale on 67th & Taylor, #6, 6200 – 67AStreet). Let the ladies know you’re from Rosedale Valley Dance, so they can get you the right dance gear. PLEASE SEND A WATER BOTTLE WITH YOUR DANCER(S). Just a note that no food or drink (other than water) is permitted in the
studio. This includes NO gum chewing! VIEWING POLICY: Our viewing policy is that parents DO NOT remain in the class. There is a viewing window in the mud room which is always available (for peaking) as long as it doesn’t distract. You are, however, invited to come in for the last 15 minutes of the parent viewing weeks, which will be posted on the calendar.
NOTE: For very young children who find it a problem at first getting acclimatized, or if grandma arrives from out-of-town (for example), please speak to the teacher about making an exception.
OPEN HOUSE/SHOE EXCHANGE: Our Open House and Shoe
Exchange is always on the Friday before classes begin for the season.
This year it is Friday, September 12, 2025 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Come see the studio, meet the teachers and perhaps find some good, used
shoes. We're looking forward to another great year!
Rosedale Valley Dance
“Dance for the FUN of it!”
Mrs. Arlene Cuff
30 Wild Rose Street
Lacombe, AB.
403-396-5132
“ON WITH THE DANCE … LET JOY BE UNCONFINED”